France · Ãle-de-France · Poissy
Maison centrale de Poissy
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High-security maison centrale for long-sentence male prisoners.
Capacity
230
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1645
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Administration pénitentiaire
Population held
male
Opened
1645
Region
Ãle-de-France
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Alfredo Stranieri1956–2025 · serial killer
Monte Melkonian1957–1993 · archaeologistMonte Melkonian (Armenian: ÕÕ¸Õ¶Õ©Õ§ ÕÕ¥Õ¬ÖÕ¸Õ¶Õ¥Õ¡Õ¶; 25 November 1957 â 12 June 1993) was an Armenian-American revolutionary and left-wing nationalist militant.
- Robert Pierrain1918–1942
- Francis le Belge1946–2000 · criminal
Carlos the Jackal1949 · military personnelIlich RamÃrez Sánchez (Spanish: [iËlitÊ raËmiɾes ËsantÊes]; born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal (Spanish: Carlos el Chacal) or simply Carlos, is a Venezuelan convict who conducted a series of assassinations and terrorist bombings from 1973 to 1985.
- Roland Duru1919–1942 · day labourer
- Bernard Reisnick1911–1942 · drafter
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Compared to other facilities in France
731 peersData completeness
68%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Ministère de la Justice â MC Poissy
- Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire â France — Ministère de la Justice (République française)
- Wikidata (Q71321602)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.